Myanmar qualifies 12 bidders for telecom licences

News Wireless Myanmar 11 APR 2013
Myanmar qualifies 12 bidders for telecom licences
The Myanmar government has narrowed the field further for the two new operator licences on offer in the country, announcing a short-list of 12 bidders. This is down from the 22 companies and consortia that initially expressed interest in the licences. 

The pre-qualified bidders are India-based Airtel, Malaysia's Axiata, Digicel, Vodafone/China Mobile, Millicom, Qatar's Ooredoo, France Telecom-Orange with Marubeni, Vietnam's Viettel, Singtel in a consortium with local operator M-Tel, MTN, Telenor and a consortium led by Japan's KDDI and Sumitomo. To qualify for the bidding, operators needed to show they had the necessary financial resources and technical expertise to roll out networks and services. 

In the third and final stage of the process, they must submit detailed bids to the special committee at the Ministry of Communications and IT by 03 June. The ministry said it expects to announce the winners by 27 June. 

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Mobile

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Orange,  Telenor,  Vodafone,  MTN,  France Telecom,  China Mobile,  Digicel,  Millicom,  M-Tel,  SingTel,  Sumitomo,  Viettel,  Airtel,  Axiata,  Marubeni

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Myanmar

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Government telecommunications licensing, Wireless, Wholesale, Government policy

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